JScrollPane wont work why?

Question

I need a scroll bar HELP Nothing Works.
This is What I got
import javax.swing.*;
public class Exercise526
     public static void main(String args[] )
     JTextArea outputTextArea = new JTextArea( 18,30 );
JScrollPane scroller = new JScrollPane(outputTextArea);
outputTextArea.append("\tThe Tweleve Days of Christmas\n");
     //declare variables
     String outputDay = "",
     outputVerse = "";
     for (int day=0; day <= 12; day++ ) //set variable
     switch ( day )
     case 0:
     outputDay = ("1st");
     break;
     case 1:
outputDay = ("2nd");
     break;
     case 2:
     outputDay = ("3rd");
     break;
     case 3:
     outputDay = ("4th");
     break;
case 4:
outputDay = ("5th");
     break;
     case 5:
     outputDay = ("6th");
     break;
     case 6:
     outputDay = ("7th");
     break;
     case 7:
     outputDay = ("8th");
     break;
     case 8:
     outputDay = ("9th");
     break;
     case 9:
     outputDay = ("10th");
     break;
     case 10:
     outputDay = ("11th");
     break;
case 11:
     outputDay = ("12th");
break;
     switch ( day )
     case 11:
     outputVerse += ("Tweleve lords a-leaping\n");
break;
     case 10:
     outputVerse = ("Eleven ladies dancing\n") + outputVerse;
break;
     case 9:
     outputVerse = ("Ten pipers piping\n" ) + outputVerse;
break;
     case 8:
     outputVerse = ("Nine drummers drumming\n") + outputVerse;
break;
     case 7:
     outputVerse = ("Eight maids a-milking\n") + outputVerse;
break;
     case 6:
     outputVerse = ("Seven swans swimming\n") + outputVerse ;
break;
case 5:
     outputVerse = ("Six geese a-laying\n") + outputVerse;
break;
case 4:
     outputVerse = ("Five golden rings\n")+ outputVerse;
break;
     case 3:
     outputVerse = ("Four colly birds\n") + outputVerse;
break;
     case 2:
outputVerse = ("Three french hens\n") + outputVerse;
break;
     case 1:
     outputVerse = ("Two turtle doves and\n") + outputVerse;
break;
     case 0:
     outputVerse = ("A partridge in a pear tree\n") + outputVerse;
break;
     outputTextArea.append("\nOn the "+outputDay+" day of Christmas \nMy "+
          "true love gave to me\n"+ outputVerse);
     outputTextArea.append("\n\tProgramed by: Carly Murphey");
     JOptionPane.showMessageDialog( null, outputTextArea,
                    "The Tweleve Days of Christmas",
                    JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE );
     System.exit(0);
This is due by midnoght tonight YIKES!!!

Answer 1

JOptionPane.showMessageDialog( null, outputTextArea, "The Tweleve Days of Christmas", JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE );
you should put the JScrollPane variable instead of the JTextArea variable.
so it would look like this:
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog( null, scroller, "The Tweleve Days of Christmas", JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE );
just that!